ya for sure SS, good things are coming. as far as the patient thing out here is how it works. btw the med thing has thrown the price game for a loop, ie, i offer my meds for 10 a gram up to a quarter, and 125 a half 250 for the z. makes it ecoconomical for the average patient with a dibilating disease. any way how it works is once 1 patient signs up up, by sending the doctor reccommendation, and a patient/caregiver application to the state health department. once 1 patient does this for you, you become a registered caregiver. every patient you sign = 6 plants for the caregiver. also provides the patient to grow their six. the state registration fee is 25 bucks, and the doc visit anywhere from 100-2 bills. that has to be done once a year by the patient, but alot of caregivers foot the cost for the patient. so if you have 100patients, thats 600plants essenstially. patients here can only aquire meds from there 1 designated caregiver. there is no limit yet on patients, square footage , or lighting..
yes MG fitting to be a jungle
Heres a couple more items about the montana law from the ACT. Theres a couple key terms to understand the law and some highlights.
(4) "Medical use" means the acquisition, possession, cultivation, manufacture, use, delivery, transfer, or transportation of marijuana or paraphernalia relating to the consumption of marijuana to alleviate the symptoms or effects of a qualifying patient's debilitating medical condition.
(6) (a) "Caregiver" means an individual, 18 years of age or older who has agreed to undertake responsibility for managing the well-being of a person with respect to the medical use of marijuana. A qualifying patient may have only one caregiver at any one time.
"Ive seen this used as a loop in the law...i/e hanging the plants with the roots and taking what you need."
(a) "Usable marijuana" means the dried leaves and flowers of marijuana and any mixture or preparation of marijuana.
(b) The term does not include the seeds, stalks, and roots of the plant.
Section 4. Medical use of marijuana -- legal protections -- limits on amount -- presumption of medical use. (1) A qualifying
patient or caregiver who possesses a registry identification card issued pursuant to [section 3] may not be arrested, prosecuted, or penalized in any manner,
or be denied any right or privilege, including but not limited to civil penalty or disciplinary action by a professional licensing board or the department of
labor and industry, for the medical use of marijuana or for assisting in the medical use of marijuana if the qualifying patient or caregiver possesses
marijuana not in excess of the amounts allowed in subsection (2).
"Being presumed to be engaged in medical use" That is the key wording here...That should keep you out of most court cases
(3) (a) A qualifying patient or caregiver is presumed to be engaged in the medical use of marijuana if the qualifying patient or caregiver:
(i) is in possession of a registry identification card; and
(ii) is in possession of an amount of marijuana that does not exceed the amount permitted under subsection (2).
"Having a card dosent give right to search"
(7) Possession of or application for a registry identification card does not alone constitute probable cause to search the person or property of the person possessing or applying for the registry identification card or otherwise subject the person or property of the person possessing or applying for the card to inspection by any governmental agency, including a law enforcement agency.
"Your cards in other states are good here "
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A registry identification card or its equivalent issued by another state government to permit the medical use of marijuana by a qualifying patient or to permit a person to assist with a qualifying patient's medical use of marijuana has the same force and effect as a registry identification card issued by the department.
"This is one of the most importing parts of the law. The bad side is if your using this section of the law your in jail or bailed out." The best part is almost anything you do relating to medical marijuana, Heres the key part....stay under your medical umbrella...you can do anything "reasonable"
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(3) possesses marijuana only in an amount that is reasonably necessary to ensure the uninterrupted availability of marijuana for the purpose of alleviating the symptoms or effects of the medical condition of the person identified in subsection"
NEW SECTION. Section 7. Affirmative defense. Except as provided in [section 6], it is an affirmative defense to any criminal offense involving
marijuana that the person charged with the offense:
(1)(a) has a physician who states that or has medical records that indicate that, in the physicians professional opinion, after having completed a full
assessment of the persons medical history and current medical condition made in the course of a bona fide physician-patient relationship, the potential
benefits of medical marijuana would likely outweigh the health risks for the person; or
(b) provides marijuana to a person described in subsection (a) if the person does not provide marijuana to anyone for uses that are not medical; (2) is engaged in the acquisition, possession, cultivation, manufacture, use, delivery, transfer, or transportation of marijuana or paraphernalia relating to the consumption of marijuana to alleviate the symptoms or effects of the medical condition of the person identified in subsection (1)(a); and (3) possesses marijuana only in an amount that is reasonably necessary to ensure the uninterrupted availability of marijuana for the purpose of alleviating the symptoms or effects of the medical condition of the person identified in subsection (1)(a).